--- description: Capawesome offers enterprise-grade solutions and services designed for teams building cross-platform apps with Capacitor. title: 2026 - Capawesome image: https://capawesome.io/docs/assets/images/social/blog/archive/2026.png --- [Skip to content ](#2026) [🔐 Introducing the **Capacitor Vault** plugin — store secrets behind biometrics or a device passcode. ](/blog/announcing-the-capacitor-vault-plugin/) * [ SDKs ](/docs/sdks/) * [ Formbricks ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/formbricks/) * [ Geocoder ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/geocoder/) * [ Google Sign-In ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/google-sign-in/) * [ Grafana Faro ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/grafana-faro/) * [ libSQL ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/libsql/) * [ Live Update ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/live-update/) * [ Managed Configurations ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/managed-configurations/) * [ Media Session ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/media-session/) * [ ML Kit ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/mlkit/) * [ Navigation Bar ](/docs/sdks/capacitor/navigation-bar/) * [ NFC 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* [ Custom iOS Provisioning Profiles ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/custom-ios-provisioning-profiles/) * [ Build without Git ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/build-without-git/) * [ Access Git Behind a Firewall ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/firewall-access/) * [ Integrations ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/integrations/) * Reference * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/troubleshooting/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/native-builds/faq/) * [ App Store Publishing ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/) * [ Submit a Build ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-a-build/) * [ Submit Automatically After a Build ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/submit-automatically/) * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/troubleshooting/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/app-store-publishing/faq/) * [ Automations ](/docs/cloud/automations/) * [ Reference ](/docs/cloud/automations/reference/) * [ Troubleshooting ](/docs/cloud/automations/troubleshooting/) * [ FAQ ](/docs/cloud/automations/faq/) * [ Assist 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](/blog/archive/2024/) * [ 2023 ](/blog/archive/2023/) * [ 2022 ](/blog/archive/2022/) * Categories ## [Introducing Capawesome Platform: The Mobile App Platform for Modern Teams](/blog/announcing-capawesome-platform/) Today we're launching **Capawesome Platform** — Capawesome Cloud and Insider SDKs unified under one brand, one website, one onboarding flow, and one pricing system. It's the biggest change we've ever made, and almost every detail of it came directly from your feedback. Welcome to the new [capawesome.io](/). --- ## [How to Use Custom SQLite Extensions in Capacitor](/blog/how-to-use-custom-sqlite-extensions-with-capacitor/) SQLite ships with a lot out of the box, but sometimes you need behavior it doesn't provide: a custom FTS5 tokenizer for a language it doesn't handle well, a domain-specific SQL function, or a custom collation. Loadable extensions let you add exactly that. As of version 0.3.9, the [Capacitor SQLite plugin](/docs/sdks/capacitor/sqlite/) supports custom SQLite extensions on both Android and iOS. The catch is that each platform uses a different mechanism, so this guide walks through both — using a custom FTS5 tokenizer as the running example. ## [New CLIs & Xcode 26 in Capawesome Build Stacks](/blog/new-clis-and-xcode-26-in-capawesome-build-stacks/) We've refreshed both Capawesome Cloud [build stacks](/docs/cloud/native-builds/build-stacks/), `macos-sequoia` and `macos-tahoe`. The Capacitor, Cordova and Ionic CLIs now come pre-installed, more package managers are available out of the box, and Xcode has moved to its latest releases. Here's what changed in the build environment and what it means for your native iOS and Android builds. ## [Capawesome May 2026 Update](/blog/2026-may-update/) The Capawesome May update is here — and it's our biggest one yet. This update includes new features and improvements for [Capawesome Cloud](/docs/cloud/) and our [Plugins](/docs/sdks/capacitor/). Let's take a look at the most important changes. ## [How to Build a Cordova iOS App Without a Mac](/blog/build-cordova-ios-app-without-a-mac/) You can build a Cordova iOS app without owning a Mac by running the build on a hosted macOS machine in the cloud. The catch every Cordova developer on Windows or Linux runs into is that `cordova build ios` needs Xcode, and Xcode only runs on macOS. The good news is that the Mac can live in a data center instead of on your desk. This is a hands-on walkthrough. By the end you'll have connected a Cordova project to a cloud build service, uploaded your signing certificate, and pulled down a signed `.ipa`, all without a Mac in the room. ## [Cordova Hot Code Push Alternative for OTA Updates](/blog/cordova-hot-code-push-alternative/) If your Cordova app still ships over-the-air updates through `cordova-hot-code-push` or `cordova-plugin-code-push`, you're building on top of two dead plugins. The nordnet Hot Code Push plugin has been deprecated for years, and Microsoft's CodePush plugin retired alongside App Center on March 31, 2025\. Both still install, both still run, and neither is getting a fix the next time a Cordova or OS update breaks them. This post is about what to do next. We'll look at exactly what stopped being maintained, what a Cordova OTA update solution needs to have in 2026, and how to move to a maintained replacement without rewriting your app. ## [Cordova Live Updates: A Complete Guide to OTA Updates](/blog/cordova-live-updates-guide/) For most Cordova apps, the day-to-day changes — a copy fix, a styling tweak, a bug in the JavaScript — live entirely in the web assets. Shipping one has traditionally meant rebuilding the native binary, resubmitting to the App Store and Google Play, and waiting out review before anyone sees it. Cordova Live Updates skip that round trip. You publish a new web bundle, and devices download and apply it on their next launch — usually within minutes, without a store submission in the loop. This guide covers the whole picture: how an over-the-air update moves through a Cordova app, the three decisions that shape your setup, how code signing protects the bundle in transit, the practices that keep production rollouts boring, and a working example you can clone today. It assumes you're either replacing Appflow's live updates or adding OTA delivery to a Cordova app for the first time. ## [Announcing Cordova Support in Capawesome Cloud](/blog/announcing-cordova-support-in-capawesome-cloud/) Capawesome Cloud now officially supports **Apache Cordova**. That means out-of-the-box native iOS and Android builds, automated App Store submissions, and — the part we're most excited about — over-the-air Live Updates through our brand new Cordova Live Update plugin. With Ionic Appflow winding down, Cordova teams have been left without a real option for cloud builds and live updates. Consider this their new home. ## [11 Steps to Get Your Web App on the App Store (2026)](/blog/11-steps-to-get-your-web-app-on-the-app-store/) You have a web app. Maybe you built it yourself, maybe you vibe-coded it with an AI assistant over a weekend. It works, you like it — and now you want it on the App Store and Google Play. The problem is that every tutorial you find was written for people who already live in Xcode and Android Studio. They assume you have a Mac, know what a provisioning profile is, and have configured Gradle before. If you're coming from the web world — or you're an indie maker who just shipped a React or Vue app — those guides feel like they start three levels above where you are. This guide starts at zero. It covers every step from "I have a web app" to "my app is live on both stores and I can push fixes without waiting for review" — using tools that handle the painful parts for you. We've walked hundreds of users through this exact process. Here's everything we've learned, in one place. ## [What's New in Capacitor Firebase 8.3.0](/blog/capacitor-firebase-8-3-0-release/) Capacitor Firebase 8.3.0 is out, and the work is split across two plugins. Cloud Firestore gains support for data types it used to mangle — `DocumentReference`, `Bytes`, and `NaN`/`Infinity` — along with filtered count queries and a `serverTimestamps` option on snapshot listeners. Remote Config picks up `setDefaults(...)`, `getAll()`, and a `source` field that finally works on the web. Back to top